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Decimation
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DecimationThe punishment of every tenth soldier by lot, was, among the Romans, called decimation.
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Punishment
Criminal law. Some pain or penalty warranted by law, inflicted on a person, for the commission of a crime or misdemeanor, or for the omission of the performance of an act required by law, by the judgment and command of some lawful court.
Soldier
A military man; a private in the army.
Lot
Anything on which depends the accidental determination of a right by which we acquire or lose something; or it is that which fortuitously deter-mines what we are to acquire. When it can be certainly known what are our rights, we ought never to resort to a decision by lot; but when it is impossible to tell what actually belong to us, as if an estate is divided into three parts and one part given to each of three persons, the proper way to ascertain each one's part is to draw lots.
Decimation
The punishment of every tenth soldier by lot, was, among the Romans, called decimation.
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Decies tantum
English law. The name of an obsolete writ which formerly lay against a juror who had taken money for giving his verdict; called so, because it was sued out to recover from him ten times as much as he took.
Decime
A French coin, of the value of a tenth part of a franc, or nearly two cents.
Decision
Practice. A judgment given by a competent tribunal. The French lawyers call the opinions which they give on questions propounded to them, decisions.
Decisum
Latin. Cut off, settled, decided; a decision, a precedent.
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Decedent
In the acts of descent and distribution in Pennsylvania, this word is frequently used for a deceased person, testate or intestate.
Deceit
Any devise or false representation by which one man misleads another to his injury. Formerly, the remedy was a "writ of deceit"; now, unless otherwise provided by statute, it is by an "action of trespass on the case". The defendant or his agent must have been guilty of some moral wrong; legal fraud alone will not support the action.
Decem tales
Practice. In the English law this is a writ which gives to the sheriff apponere decem tales.
Decennary
English law. A town or tithing, consisting originally of ten families of freeholders.
Decies tantum
English law. The name of an obsolete writ which formerly lay against a juror who had taken money for giving his verdict; called so, because it was sued out to recover from him ten times as much as he took.
Decimation
Decime
A French coin, of the value of a tenth part of a franc, or nearly two cents.
Decision
Practice. A judgment given by a competent tribunal. The French lawyers call the opinions which they give on questions propounded to them, decisions.
Decisum
Latin. Cut off, settled, decided; a decision, a precedent.
Declarant
One who makes a declaration.
Declaration of intention
The act of an alien, who goes before a court of record, and in a forma manner declares that it is, bona fide, his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, whereof he may at the time be a citizen or subject.
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Punishment
Criminal law. Some pain or penalty warranted by law, inflicted on a person, for the commission of a crime or misdemeanor, or for the omission of the performance of an act required by law, by the judgment and command of some lawful court.
Soldier
A military man; a private in the army.
Lot
Anything on which depends the accidental determination of a right by which we acquire or lose something; or it is that which fortuitously deter-mines what we are to acquire. When it can be certainly known what are our rights, we ought never to resort to a decision by lot; but when it is impossible to tell what actually belong to us, as if an estate is divided into three parts and one part given to each of three persons, the proper way to ascertain each one's part is to draw lots.
Decimation
The punishment of every tenth soldier by lot, was, among the Romans, called decimation.
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Decies tantum
English law. The name of an obsolete writ which formerly lay against a juror who had taken money for giving his verdict; called so, because it was sued out to recover from him ten times as much as he took.
Decime
A French coin, of the value of a tenth part of a franc, or nearly two cents.
Decision
Practice. A judgment given by a competent tribunal. The French lawyers call the opinions which they give on questions propounded to them, decisions.
Decisum
Latin. Cut off, settled, decided; a decision, a precedent.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Decedent
In the acts of descent and distribution in Pennsylvania, this word is frequently used for a deceased person, testate or intestate.
Deceit
Any devise or false representation by which one man misleads another to his injury. Formerly, the remedy was a "writ of deceit"; now, unless otherwise provided by statute, it is by an "action of trespass on the case". The defendant or his agent must have been guilty of some moral wrong; legal fraud alone will not support the action.
Decem tales
Practice. In the English law this is a writ which gives to the sheriff apponere decem tales.
Decennary
English law. A town or tithing, consisting originally of ten families of freeholders.
Decies tantum
English law. The name of an obsolete writ which formerly lay against a juror who had taken money for giving his verdict; called so, because it was sued out to recover from him ten times as much as he took.
Decimation
Decime
A French coin, of the value of a tenth part of a franc, or nearly two cents.
Decision
Practice. A judgment given by a competent tribunal. The French lawyers call the opinions which they give on questions propounded to them, decisions.
Decisum
Latin. Cut off, settled, decided; a decision, a precedent.
Declarant
One who makes a declaration.
Declaration of intention
The act of an alien, who goes before a court of record, and in a forma manner declares that it is, bona fide, his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, whereof he may at the time be a citizen or subject.
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